(Reuters) - An Oregon state jury on Tuesday ordered Berkshire Hathaway's ( BRK/A ) PacifiCorp ( PPWLM ) to pay at least $29.2 million to nine homeowners and a summer camp whose properties were damaged by 2020 wildfires they claim were sparked when the Oregon utility failed to shut off its power lines during high winds. The verdict came in...

04:02 PM EST, 03/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Campbell Soup ( CPB ) is positioned for a largely in-line fiscal second quarter with possible top-line upside amid strong January soup trends, though the consumer packaged food industry remains challenged, RBC Capital Markets said Tuesday. Campbell's salty snacks category continues to slow and its soup business faces pressure from a trade-down to...

04:04 PM EST, 03/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Nektar Therapeutics ( NKTR ) said Tuesday it started the phase 2b trial for rezpegaldesleukin to treat patients experiencing severe to very severe alopecia areata. The Phase 2b study will evaluate rezpegaldesleukin's efficacy and safety in 84 participants with severe alopecia areata over a 36-week period using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dosage, Nektar...

Immutep Limited ( IMMP ) announces safety and initial efficacy data from the first ever 90mg dosing of eftilagimod alpha (efti) in combination with weekly paclitaxel in patients from the safety lead-in (N=6) of the AIPAC-003 Phase 2/3 trial. Updated safety data from patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative/low metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treated with this immuno-oncology (IO)-chemotherapy combination reveal no treatment-emergent serious adverse events. ...